Vermont's Hoosac Range
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John H Swanson
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See VT gazetter. Road on SE of Hoosac peak extends to 2550 ft elevation and ends in a logging yard. Climb from yard. My times car 6:40am, summit 7:30-7:40, car 8:00am. data: 10/23/94
Crispo did it from the NE. starting on an overgrown abondoned logging road 5.6 miles south of the with VT100 data: 8/19/88
Crispo did it from the NE. starting on an overgrown abondoned logging road 5.6 miles south of the with VT100 data: 8/19/88
bill bowden
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Hoosac Peak
One of the dirt roads in the area going up from the east ends at an abandoned residence (cellar hole with some remains of furnishings). the route to the summit goes through open broadleaf woods to a flat summit plateau made up almost entirely of oak trees about 6 feet tall. There's tiny knob aout three feet high with the only spruce trees i recall on the mountain and the register.
An easy and memorably enjoyable day with nice views down the escarpment into what might be the Vermont Valley.
One of the dirt roads in the area going up from the east ends at an abandoned residence (cellar hole with some remains of furnishings). the route to the summit goes through open broadleaf woods to a flat summit plateau made up almost entirely of oak trees about 6 feet tall. There's tiny knob aout three feet high with the only spruce trees i recall on the mountain and the register.
An easy and memorably enjoyable day with nice views down the escarpment into what might be the Vermont Valley.
I made it over to Hoosac this past weekend. As planned, I came in from the east, taking Wiley Mountain Road west of West Hill Road (the Delorme map originally gave me the impression that it would stay West Hill the whole way). After passing most of the houses, the street narrows to just about a jeep road, and it was rough enough that I pulled over at the first pull out I came to, which turned out to be an overgrown field/logging yard. Conveniently enough, this put me within 0.54 of the summit. Even better, there was an old skidder road going into the woods there that was heading up in that direction. It's the only one I encountered along Wiley Mountain Road, and is very obvious. Following it up the mountain, it got me within 0.3 of the top before petering out at a blowdown. Then again, the woods on this mountain are so open that it was a really pleasant and straightforward bushwhack. En route to the canister, I passed over a false summit or two, and encountered a moose crashing through the trees. The actual high point is defined enough that the register was easy to find.
Just overall, it's a very pleasant mountain that's actually fun to bushwhack. Since it's covered with deciduous trees, I imagine there might even be views when the leaves are down, and must be a particularly lovely mountain to visit during foliage season.
Just overall, it's a very pleasant mountain that's actually fun to bushwhack. Since it's covered with deciduous trees, I imagine there might even be views when the leaves are down, and must be a particularly lovely mountain to visit during foliage season.
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